Solyndra By The Numbers
$38 Billion
Amount Of Obama’s Green Energy Stimulus Program. (The Washington Post, 9/14/11)
$1 Billion
Amount Obama’s Department Of Energy Spent To Hire Staff And Consultants To Administer The Loan Guarantee Program. (The Washington Post, 9/26/11)
$535 Million
Taxpayer Funded Loan Guarantee Given To Solyndra. (The Oakland Tribune, 11/4/10)
$469 Million
Amount Solyndra Requested For A Second Loan. (The Daily Caller, 9/16/11)
$172.2 Million
Solyndra’s Net Loss In 2009. (Bloomberg, 9/22/11)
$168 Million
Amount Taxpayers Could Have Saved If Obama Administration Did Not Restructure Solyndra’s Loan. (The Washington Post, 9/14/11)
$75 Million
Amount Going To Two Investors, Including Obama Donor George Kaiser’s Foundation, Before Taxpayers Will Get Repaid. (Time’s “Swampland,” 9/3/11)
$6 Million
Amount Solyndra Owes To Foreign Firms. (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 9/23/11)
$5 Million
Payment Solyndra Failed To Pay In 2010, Technically Defaulting On Its Loan. (The Wall Street Journal, 9/28/11)
$2.4 Million
Amount Obama Bundler And DOE Program Supervisor Steve Spinner’s Wife’s Law Firm Earned From Solyndra. (ABC News, 10/7/11)
$1.9 Million
Amount Solyndra Spent On Lobbying The Federal Government. (The New York Times,9/16/11)
$1.1 Million
Amount Obama’s DOE Paid For Advice On Solyndra Bankruptcy – Before Solyndra Declared Bankruptcy. (The Washington Times, 9/22/11)
$1 Million
Minimum Amount Steve Spinner Has Collected For Obama’s Campaigns.(opensecrets.org, Accessed 9/9/11)
$550,000
Amount Solyndra Spent On Lobbying In 2010. (San Francisco Chronicle 9/27/11)
$500,000
Minimum Amount Solyndra CEO Exec Pocketed In Salary Before Solyndra Failed.(Daily Tech, 10/13/11)
$400,000
Solyndra’s Base Executive Pay In 2010. (Daily Tech, 10/13/11)
300,000
Square Feet Of Factory Space Solyndra Built That Was Filled With “Robots That Whistled Disney Tunes.” (Bloomberg, 9/28/11)
$50,000
Amount George Kaiser Raised For Obama’s 2008 Campaign. (opensecrets.org,Accessed 9/9/11)
35,900
Pages Of Documents Related To Solyndra Released By The Obama Administration.(Politico, 9/15/11)
$7,500
Amount Solyndra Donated To The California Democratic Party. ( The Washington Times, 9/25/11)
1,100
Employees Laid Off When Solyndra Went Under. (Morgan Hill Times, 9/22/11)
1,000
“Permanent Jobs” Solyndra Was Supposed To Provide. (Press Release, 9/4/09)
70
Days Between Solyndra Being Denied A Loan Commitment By The Bush Administration & Obama’s DOE Offering The Loan Guarantee. (Press Release, 3/20/09; ABC News & iWatch News, 9/13/11)
60
Foreign Manufacturers Contracted By Solyndra. (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,9/23/11)
40
Miles Between Obama’s Fundraiser And Solyndra’s Headquarters. (Los Angeles Times, 10/24/11)
39
Percent Share Of Solyndra Owned By Investment Firm Associated With Obama Donor George Kaiser. (iWatch And ABC News, 9/9/11)
30
Percent Tax Deduction Given To Solyndra Customers By The IRS. (KGO-TV,9/27/11)
28
Years In Government Service Before Treasury Department Official Had Heard Of Taxpayer Money Being Subordinated. (Committee On Energy And Commerce, Hearing, 10/14/11)
20
Times Solyndra Executives Pled The 5th At A Congressional Hearing. (House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee On Oversight & Investigations, 9/23/11)
16
Meetings George Kaiser Had With White House Officials. (Bloomberg, 9/9/2011)
10
Days Between The Obama Administration Being Told That Solyndra “Is Not Ready For Prime Time” And Offering The Company A Loan Guarantee. (ABC News & iWatch News, 9/13/11; Press Release, 3/20/09)
9
Days OMB Had To Review Solyndra, When The Average Review Takes 28 Days.(Bloomberg, 9/14/11)
$4
Production Cost Of Solyndra’s Product That They Sold For $3.24. (Bloomberg,9/22/11)
3
Reports Warning The Obama Administration That The Energy Department Did Not Have “The Controls Needed To Manage” Solyndra. (The Associated Press, 9/15/11)
2
Years Before Solyndra’s Bankruptcy That OMB Predicted The Company’s Collapse.(iWatch News, 9/14/11)
1
Days Steve Spinner Waited To Discuss Solyndra After Being Told Not To Discuss Solyndra. ( The Washington Post, 10/8/11)
0
Records Of Solyndra’s Lobbying That Obama’s Department Of Energy Has Reported, Despite Solyndra Lobbyists Reporting Their Efforts. (The Hill, 9/24/11)
0
Number Of Obama Administration Officials Taking Responsibility.






